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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, will perform emergency maintenance dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) at Caney Creek and the Brazos River Floodgates in Brazoria and Matagorda counties, Texas, beginning July 21, 2015. A contract was awarded to Orion Marine Construction in the amount of $1,612,000 to remove a combined total… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now accepting proposals from local and regional stakeholders for completed feasibility reports, proposed feasibility studies, and proposed modifications to authorized projects or studies to be conducted in partnership with the Corps. Section 7001 of Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA 2014) requires that the Secretary of the… Read More
After more than a year of delays, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with a plan to dredge Menemsha Creek. The announcement came after the Corps awarded the Menemsha Creek Federal Navigation Project a $2.1 million contract in late June, Corps of Engineers spokesman Tim Dugan said. The funding for the maintenance… Read More
A $1 million contract to dredge the entrance channel of the Wailoa Small Boat Harbor and a portion of the inner basin has been contracted to American Marine Corporation. In addition to the widening, the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation plans to have the inner basin of the… Read More
Egypt completed dredging for the new shipping route in the Suez Canal, which will be inaugurated on August 6th, according to a report from the armed forces published by Aswat Masriya on Thursday. This marks the dredging of a total of 250 million square metres and the digging of 70 million square metres in the… Read More
Faro council announced at the start of this week that dredging is to start on the canal between that city and Olhão. Work is due to start this month after a deal was signed between the POLIS programme and contractor Rohde Nielsen Portugal. A statement from the council elaborated that hydrographical mapping for the project… Read More
Plans for a major dredging of the Goshen dam pond are still in the works, though any actual dredging won’t likely happen until at least the spring of next year.Project leader David Troup, president of the Elkhart River Restoration Association, said that despite some hiccups with funding and timelines, the long-planned dredging project is continuing… Read More
Numerical simulations of the sediment-air-water buoyant jet released through the hopper dredgers’ overflow shaft have been performed. The release of sediments into the marine environment due to skimming the excess water from the dredging vessel’s hopper can lead to increased turbidity and adverse effects on the adjacent environment. Base-case simulations have been validated using in… Read More
After revisions at a series of community meetings, the Master Plan, presented by theBaton Rouge Area Foundation on July 16, to revive and replenish the Baton Rouge Lakes has been completed. The Master Plan comprises two phases of construction including several projects focused on the health and practical use of the lakes, according to BRAF’s… Read More
The flood-prone Belmont Creek and another channel along Holly Street near Highway 101 in San Carlos are set for some major dredging work as they are currently filled with sediment, vegetation and debris that cause water flows to “choke” when moving through the channels. The San Carlos City Council is set to approve a $1.7… Read More
Dredging of the Hudson River for the new Tappan Zee Bridge will resume next month near Westchester. Bridge builder Tappan Zee Constructors will remove nearly 200,000 cubic yards of sand and silt south of the existing bridge to create a flotation channel for the largest crane on the bridge replacement project beginning on or about… Read More
The Department of the Marine has allocated €1.5million for dredging works and the removal of a slipway in Dingle Harbour. In welcoming the funding, Deputy Brendan Griffin said the money comes on top of the €500,000 already allocated for major development works in Dingle Harbour earlier this year. West Kerry councillor, Seamus Cosaí Fitzgerald said… Read More
During the recent visit to the National Marine Dredging Company presentation on the New Suez Canal Project, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi was informed about the progress made so far on the Project, the dredging contractor said in a press release. Some of the world’s top dredging companies are taking part in this major project… Read More
Egypt has finally agreed to widen and deepen a channel giving APMT’s Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) direct access to the shipping canal’s northern end, after balking at the cost for a number of years. Last weekend, as the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) held a successful two-way traffic trial in the main canal, the authority’s… Read More
The dredging of the clogged Mianus River and Cos Cob Harbor is moving ahead. Town officials on Monday welcomed the news that the work to clear the harbor and river will commence in October of next year. The Army Corps of Engineers released its public notice that it would authorize the work late last week…. Read More